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[1/2] Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Champion Trust Llc FollowNEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The jury for Sam Bankman-Fried's trial on charges of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange was selected on Wednesday, paving the way for opening statements to start soon. Prosecutors and the defense are expected to lay out their cases shortly in opening statements. They are expected to call three former members of Bankman-Fried's inner circle - former Alameda chief executive Caroline Ellison and former FTX executives Nishad Singh and Gary Wang - to testify against him. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Amy Stevens, Matthew Lewis and Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's trial to resume with jury selection, opening statements
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried's trial on charges of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange is set to resume on Wednesday, with the judge aiming to finish selecting a jury and move on to opening statements. That would pave the way for prosecutors and the defense to proceed to opening statements, in which each side would lay out their case. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty and is likely to argue that while he failed to adequately manage risk, he did not steal money. Reuters GraphicsReporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Amy Stevens and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Amr Alfiky, FTX, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, Kaplan, Ellison, Luc Cohen, Amy Stevens, Matthew Lewis Organizations: United, REUTERS, District, Prosecutors, U.S, Alameda Research, Alameda, Metropolitan Detention, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Brooklyn, New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried case: The FTX criminal fraud trial begins today. Here's everything you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal fraud trial begins in federal court today. According to prosecutors, Bankman-Fried commingled funds between FTX, where he was CEO, and Alameda Research, a hedge fund he also controlled. In the months since, prosecutors have brought several superseding indictments, slapping on more criminal charges. AP Photo/Mary AltafferIn addition to the criminal case against Bankman-Fried, the fallout of FTX's collapse has created a fountain of complicated lawsuits and legal maneuvers. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a civil case against Bankman-Fried alleging he "orchestrated a massive, years-long fraud."

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☆ The 6 wildest details about Sam Bankman-Fried that Michael Lewis revealed in a tell-all interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Michael Lewis gave a peek into details from his new book on Sam Bankman-Fried in a tell-all interview. AdvertisementAdvertisement"The Big Short" author Michael Lewis shared some of the wildest details from his forthcoming book on disgraced FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried during a tell-all interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday. Tom Brady and Sam Bankman-Fried had an unlikely friendship, according to Michael Lewis. Sam Bankman-Fried, a known "League of Legends" fan, played a video game during his first live TV interview, Michael Lewis said. Sam Bankman-Fried.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial has started. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, a onetime crypto billionaire who stands accused of orchestrating a multibillion-dollar fraud, kicked off Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Here are the key things to know about the case, and what we might see over the next several weeks at the trial. Prosecutors opted in June to sever five other charges that were brought after Bankman-Fried’s extradition from the Bahamas, where FTX was based. Sam Bankman-Fried leaving the Bahamas on December 21, 2022, being extradited to the US to face charges. He was arrested in December in the Bahamas on charges including fraud and conspiracy and extradited to the United States in January.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Judge Lewis Kaplan, ”, “, ” Kaplan, SFB, SBF, Caroline Ellison, Bernie Madoff, FTX, Tom Brady, Larry David, Fried, Bankman, Ellison, Howard Fischer, Moses Singer, Fischer, Lewis Kaplan, he’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Super, Royal Bahamas Police Force, Investors, Bankman, Coindesk, Alameda, New York Times, Securities and Exchange, Enron, Metropolitan Detention Locations: New York, Manhattan, FTX, Bahamas, Miami, Alameda, United States, Brooklyn

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 3 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial, which is set to kick off on Tuesday, marks the culmination of a yearlong legal saga stemming from the dramatic collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded. Below is a timeline of key events leading up to the 31-year-old former billionaire's trial. MAY 2019Bankman-Fried and former Google employee Gary Wang found FTX as a new platform to trade crypto tokens and derivatives. Alameda gives crypto lender Voyager Digital a $200 million credit facility, and FTX gives lender BlockFi a $250 million loan. In a post-arrest blog post, Bankman-Fried denies stealing funds and blames FTX's collapse on a broader downturn in crypto markets.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, Gary Wang, Larry David, Fried, CoinDesk, Binance, FTX, Changpeng Zhao, David, Tom Brady, Wang, Caroline Ellison, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Nishad Singh, Kaplan revokes, Luc Cohen, Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jane Street Capital, Alameda Research, Google, Forbes, Alameda, NFL, DEC, U.S, District, New York Times, Metropolitan Detention Center, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Alameda, Bahamas, Manhattan, United States, Palo Alto , California

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial is about to start. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This week, he will stand trial in what federal prosecutors have called one of the biggest frauds in US history. The 31-year-old Bankman-Fried, known as SBF, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in connection with the collapse of FTX, his crypto-trading platform. Here are the key things to know about the case, and what we might see over the next several weeks at the trial. SBF faces seven counts, including wire fraud and securities fraud. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was a crypto celebrity until November last year, when his business empire collapsed.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, SBF, FTX, Tom Brady, Larry David, Amr Alfiky, Bankman, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, “, ”, Howard Fischer, Moses Singer, Fischer, Lewis Kaplan, he’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Super, Reuters, Investors, Bankman, Coindesk, Alameda, New York Times, Securities and Exchange, Enron, Metropolitan Detention Locations: New York, Bahamas, FTX, Miami, Alameda, United States, Manhattan, Brooklyn

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried wanted to pay Donald Trump not to run for office. The price? $5 billion, says his biographer.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX founder, is in jail and faces several federal charges. He looked into whether he could pay Donald Trump not to run in 2024, Michael Lewis wrote. Michael Lewis reports that Sam Bankman-Fried considered paying Donald Trump not to run for president. Lewis said that Bankman-Fried never learned if the $5 billion number came directly from Trump. "Isn't Sam Bankman-Fried a liar who has been outed as a fraudster and someone that can't be trusted," Steven Cheung, Trump's spokesperson, wrote in a brief response to an inquiry from Insider.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Donald Trump, Michael Lewis, —, Lewis, Sam, Trump, WtGO1TPP4A, Jon Wertheim, Wertheim, Steven Cheung, FTX Organizations: Republicans, Service, Trump, Forbes, FTX's, Alameda Research Locations: Trump, Alameda, Brooklyn

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried would readily choose a Brooklyn jail cell with internet access over a $39 million Bahamas penthouse that doesn't have Wi-Fi, author of FTX book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

For Sam Bankman-Fried, losing internet access is more frightening than jail, says Michael Lewis. Lewis told "60 Minutes" he thinks Bankman-Fried "could survive jail forever" if he had internet access. AdvertisementAdvertisementDisgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is more afraid of losing access to the internet than getting locked up, according to the author of an upcoming book on FTX. Michael Lewis shared his views on Bankman-Fried during an interview on "60 Minutes," which aired on Sunday. Lewis told "60 Minutes" that Bankman-Fried's greatest fear about going to prison would be losing his internet access.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Michael Lewis, Lewis, —, Fried Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Detention, Bankman Locations: FTX, Bahamas, Brooklyn, Alameda

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried case: The FTX criminal fraud trial begins this week. Here's everything you need to know.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal fraud trial begins in federal court on Tuesday. According to prosecutors, Bankman-Fried commingled funds between FTX, where he was CEO, and Alameda Research, a hedge fund he also controlled. In the months since, prosecutors have brought several superseding indictments, slapping on more criminal charges. AP Photo/Mary AltafferIn addition to the criminal case against Bankman-Fried, the fallout of FTX's collapse has created a fountain of complicated lawsuits and legal maneuvers. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a civil case against Bankman-Fried alleging he "orchestrated a massive, years-long fraud."

☆ US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A jail cell at the Chatham County Detention Center is pictured in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., February 21, 2019. In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to "an affront to human dignity" in visits in April and May. The experts "heard, first hand, unbearable direct testimonies of pregnant women shackled during labour, who due to the chaining, lost their babies", it said. Asked to give details, a U.N. rights spokesperson referred to "several" cases and confirmed they all involved Black women. One Black man told the experts he had been kept in isolation for 11 years without interruption, the report said.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, George Floyd, Black, Juan Mendez, Emma Farge, Kevin Liffey, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Detention, Investigation, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Human Rights, Thomson Locations: Chatham, Savannah , Georgia, U.S, GENEVA, Geneva, Louisiana, Angola, Juan Mendez ., United States

☆ Bankman-Fried may face 'very long sentence' if convicted, judge says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, may face a "very long sentence" if convicted at his fraud trial starting next week, the judge overseeing the case said on Thursday. Kaplan said Bankman-Fried was a flight risk. "Your client in the event of conviction could be looking at a very long sentence," Kaplan said in a hearing in Manhattan federal court. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy stemming from FTX's collapse in November 2022. Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried stole billions of dollars in FTX customer deposits to plug losses at Alameda Research, a crypto-focused hedge fund he controlled.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, District Judge Lewis Kaplan's, Kaplan, Bankman, Fried, Mark Cohen, FTX, Danielle Kudla, Palo, Caroline Ellison's, Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Luc Cohen, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, District, Metropolitan Detention, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Alameda, New York Times, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan, Bahamas, United States, Brooklyn, Palo Alto , California

☆ A judge gave permission for Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers to give him suits, ties, and 'appropriate undergarments' to wear at his trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A judge approved a request for Sam Bankman-Fried to wear business attire in court. Judges often allow jailed inmates to wear suits to avoid possible juror bias if they wore prison uniform. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe judge overseeing the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried approved a request on Wednesday for the FTX founder to wear business attire in court. Now behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center, his lawyers submitted a proposed order on Tuesday which asked Kaplan to allow Bankman-Fried to wear "business attire clothing." Judges often let jailed inmates wear business attire in court, because wearing a prison uniform could prejudice the jury.

Persons: Sam Bankman, —, Fried, Lewis Kaplan, Bankman, Kaplan, Fatih Aktas, YUKI IWAMURA, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Blair, Anthony Scaramucci, Scaramucci Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Detention Center, US Marshals Service, MDC, Anadolu Agency, Getty, British, Forbes, SkyBridge Locations: Bahamas, Manhattan, AFP, Rome

☆ Exclusive-Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Despite Internal Cost Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

But ICE ultimately only ended contracts with two of the detention centers flagged in the memo. Six of the nine detention centers identified in the August 2022 memo were operated by private companies. U.S. President Joe Biden promised during the 2020 campaign to reform immigration detention and cut out for-profit companies. The lawsuit cites ICE contracting reports that said Torrance staffing shortages impacted safety, security and care. The Biden administration has held more migrants in ICE detention in recent months following the mid-May implementation of stricter asylum rules.

Persons: Ted Hesson, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden, Biden, There's, Torrance, Jenny Burke, CoreCivic, Brian Todd, Rebecca Sheff, Christopher Ferreira, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: Biden, Immigration, Customs Enforcement, Reuters, ICE, Homeland, U.S, Residential Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, ICE Processing, GEO Group, Immigration Centers of America, GEO, ICA Locations: Torrance, New Mexico, U.S, Mexico, Albuquerque, Berks, Pennsylvania, Yuba County Jail, California, Yuba, Farmville, Virginia, COVID, Adelanto, San Francisco, New York City

[1/7] A general view of the Torrance County Detention Facility, where migrants are housed, in Estancia, New Mexico, U.S., September 21, 2023. But ICE ultimately only ended contracts with two of the detention centers flagged in the memo. Six of the nine detention centers identified in the August 2022 memo were operated by private companies. The lawsuit cites ICE contracting reports that said Torrance staffing shortages impacted safety, security and care. The Biden administration has held more migrants in ICE detention in recent months following the mid-May implementation of stricter asylum rules.

Persons: Adria Malcolm, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden, Biden, There's, Torrance, Jenny Burke, CoreCivic, Brian Todd, Rebecca Sheff, Christopher Ferreira, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: REUTERS, Adria, Biden, Immigration, Customs Enforcement, Reuters, ICE, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Homeland, U.S, Residential Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, ICE Processing, GEO Group, Immigration Centers of America, GEO, ICA, Thomson Locations: Torrance, Estancia , New Mexico, U.S, New Mexico, Mexico, Albuquerque, Berks, Pennsylvania, Yuba County Jail, California, Yuba, Farmville, Virginia, COVID, Adelanto, San Francisco, New York City

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried spent house arrest at a desk cluttered with items including cinnamon gum, a mini fan, and a bottle of Adderall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried was under house arrest until he was remanded to jail in August. At home, his desk was cluttered with items like a pack of gum, a mini fan, and Adderall. Now, at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, he doesn't have access Adderall. AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Bankman-Fried's parents, Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman. Now, Bankman-Fried's living conditions have drastically changed in recent months.

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The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. Mohammad said he was later shocked to learn that he had waived his right to appeal the decision. ____For his April 27 hearing, Mohammad submitted photos of his injuries from the 2016 suicide bombing that killed hundreds at a peaceful demonstration of mostly Hazaras. ___Former immigration judge Jeffrey Chase, who reviewed the transcript, said he was surprised John-Baptiste waived Mohammad’s right to appeal and that the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld that decision. But Andrew Arthur, another former immigration judge, said John-Baptiste ruled properly.

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“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Government officials in Poland have harshly criticized the film for weeks, although most of them acknowledge not having seen it. He said he believed that Poland's border guards, army and police “were portrayed shamefully." Polish officials say security personnel have risked their lives to protect Poland from an attack they view as directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. She and producer Marcin Wierzchoslawski issued a statement Friday saying “Green Border” shows that all humans, whether uniformed officers, refugees or helpers, can behave in different ways in different situations.

Persons: Agnieszka Holland, “, Border ”, Holland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Vladimir Putin, Kaczynski, Putin’s, ” Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Wierzchoslawski, Kaczynski's, Zbigniew Ziobro, Andrzej Duda, Ziobro, Poland, Russia's Organizations: Border, Venice Film, Government, Roman Catholic, Interior Ministry, European Union, EU, of America Locations: WARSAW, Poland, Belarus, Venice, France, Russian, “, Holland, Asia, Africa, Nazi, East, Polish

Telecommunications were down in El Geneina during much of the violence, making it difficult to get evidence of the attacks to the outside world. And during and after the violence, the RSF and Arab militias took measures to cover up its actions, dozens of residents said. In mid-June, the fighting was over and the RSF and Arab militias were in full control of El Geneina. Decomposing bodies lay in the streets amid the personal belongings of the fleeing throngs, said a Red Crescent volunteer. They said they were also told by the RSF and Arab militias not to help the wounded, and said they saw RSF and Arab fighters shooting injured people.

Persons: –, El Geneina, throngs, ”, Abdalla, Al Torab Al Ahmar, Torab Al Ahmar, Farah Yahia Organizations: Reuters, Red Crescent, United Nations Locations: El Geneina, Chad, El

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. In her writings, she described feeling "unhappy and overwhelmed" with her job and "hurt/rejected" from a breakup with Bankman-Fried. A lawyer for Bankman-Fried told the appeals court on Sept. 19 that Kaplan failed to credit the defendant for exercising his First Amendment constitutional right to speak with the press and try to restore his reputation. The appeals court appeared skeptical. Bankman-Fried faces seven charges of fraud and conspiracy stemming from the collapse of FTX, the now-bankrupt crypto exchange he founded.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eduardo Munoz, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Fried, Kaplan, Danielle Sassoon, William Nardini, Luc Cohen Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, District, Alameda Research, New York Times, Bankman, Metropolitan Detention, Prosecutors, Alameda, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan . U.S, Alameda, Palo Alto , California, FTX

☆ World War One cemeteries, Rwanda genocide sites, Argentine torture center declared UNESCO World Heritage
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Geert De Clercq | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

So far, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan have been the only memorial sites inscribed on the United Nation's cultural agency's closely watched World Heritage list. At a meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, UNESCO member states agreed to add the World War One and Rwanda sites to the list, after adding the Argentina torture memorial on Tuesday. The World War One sites encompass a series of military cemeteries, battlefield burial grounds and memorials between the north of Belgium and the east of France. The 139 sites trace the outline of World War One's Western Front and hold the remains of tens of thousands of soldiers of several nationalities. The World Heritage Committee's annual meeting ends on Monday.

Persons: Rima Abdul, Malak, Geert De Clercq, Leslie Adler Organizations: Navy Mechanics School, UNESCO, Memorial, United, UNESCO World Heritage, Wednesday, Twa, ESMA, Navy School of Mechanics, Thomson Locations: Argentina's, PARIS, Belgium, France, Argentina, UN, Auschwitz, Poland, Hiroshima, Japan, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, Europe, Buenos Aires, UNESCO

☆ Imprisoned Russian ultranationalist claims Putin's regime is near 'collapse' due to failures in Ukraine and can't be saved
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A prominent Russian pro-war blogger doubled down on his criticism of Putin from prison this week. Igor Girkin, a former FSB operative, said he believes Russia is on the eve of collapse. Girkin believes Putin and his defense officials haven't gone far enough in Ukraine. Girkin said he believes it is his duty — even from prison — to offer an alternative and unite Russia's remaining patriotic people. Ukraine's spy chief told The Economist this week that Russia is running out of reserve troops and weapons that it needs to continue fighting.

Persons: Putin, Igor Girkin, Girkin, haven't, Vladimir Putin, castigating Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader's, Prigozhin's, —, Ukraine's Organizations: Service Locations: Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Donetsk

☆ Iran Released Five American Prisoners
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran left the country today after the U.S. negotiated their release, President Biden said. The agreement involved unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismissing federal charges against five Iranians. The Americans are returning to the U.S., but three of the Iranians declined to return to Iran, according to U.S. officials. The American prisoners had been jailed in Iran on unsubstantiated charges of spying, and some had been held for years in Evin Prison, one of the country’s most notorious detention centers. News of the arrangement has generated intense criticism from Republicans who say that releasing billions in oil revenue amounts to paying a ransom and that it could lead to the taking of more hostages.

Persons: Biden, Siamak, Emad, Morad, — Organizations: Biden, U.S Locations: Iran, Doha, Qatar, U.S

CNN —Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed. Alessandro Serranò/AFP/Getty ImagesMigrants from a migrant housing centre on Lampedusa are guided by a security official. The island of Lampedusa is struggling to cope with an influx of migrants. “The over 130 operators and volunteers of the Italian Red Cross are doing beyond the impossible to ensure basic necessities. However, Flavio Di Giacomo, from IOM, said the number of arrivals in Lampedusa now was much higher than before.

Persons: CNN — Lampedusa, Filippo Mannino, ” “, ” Mannino, agency’s, San Marino, Chiara Cardoletti, ” Cardoletti, Lampedusa, Alessandro Serranò, Gerard Darmanin, Darmanin, “, ”, ” Darmanin, Rosario Valastro, ” Valastro, Flavio Di Giacomo, Infrastructure Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni’s, Ursula Von der Leyen Organizations: CNN, United Nations, RTL, UN, UNHCR, International Organization for Migration, Getty, European Union and, Red Cross Italy, Interior Ministry, Libyan Coast Guard, Italy’s, Infrastructure, Italy’s Foreign Press Association, EU, RAI Locations: Africa, Italy, San, Tunisia, Libya, AFP, Germany, Lampedusa, Ventimiglia, Menton, Great Britain, European Union and Great Britain, Europe, Meloni, Brussels

☆ What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us About Grief
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Teju Cole | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

There is abundant evidence of lamentation in ancient Greek art and literature. Death was not a final stop but rather part of a process by which the soul went to Hades. For the soul not to lose its way, proper death rites were essential. People everywhere are wounded by the premature death of their loved ones and are concerned with how to memorialize them. Many stelae honor the young: athletes, young mothers, unmarried girls.

Persons: Death, Hector, ” —, Priam, Hector’s, Antigone, Hegeso, ”, “, couldn’t, Kyriakos Locations: Greece, Lesbos, Chios, Monastiraki, Athens, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Turkey, Thessaloniki, Germany

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